Get model attribute's type in Yii2

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
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How can I check type (column type) of model’s attribute in Yii2?

This old answer gave me a conclusion, that in Yii1 I can use something like that:


$model->getMetaData()->columns['attribute-name']->type;

But I was unsuccessful in porting this solution to Yii2. Can someone help?

2

You can use:


$model->getTableSchema()->getColumn('attr')

or:


$model->getTableSchema()->columns['attr']

and then read dbType, phpType or type, according to what… type of type you’re looking for.

For example:


$model->getTableSchema()->columns['attr']->type

Founded this myself in exactly the same time as cetver does! :>